Tuesday, March 30, 2010

A forgotten actress recently passed away. June Havoc was the sister of Gypsy Rose Lee, and she was billed as "Baby June" in her mother's act that was portrayed in the musical GYPSY. June was a great actress on her own as well, performing up until 1991...

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Mary Martin made introduced this song in the 1930s and had the best version in my opinion. Here is her version from the 1946 film NIGHT AND DAY. Also Marilyn Monroe had a go at the song a decade later in LET'S MAKE LOVE from 1960. Which version do you like better...

Here is a great dance routine that the great James Cagney did with Bob Hope. It is taken from the Bob Hope drama (yes drama) BEAU JAMES. In the movie Hope plays Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York, and Cagney made an appearance as George M. Cohan. The clip is from 1957...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Debbie Reynolds has been performing for nearly 65 years now. The first clip is one of her early movies and then second two clips are from her 2009 appearance on The Bonnie Hunt Show. She will be 78 years old this year...

Monday, March 15, 2010

I had the pleasure of meeting Tony Martin in 1999 when he was 86, and he was great. Here are two videos of Tony Martin. The first one is Tony at the height of his singing ability and the second is from a performance he gave in 2007. Tony is currently 96...